Awning-frame



No. 627,369. Patented lune 20, |899. R. H. WEAVER.

AWNING FRAME.

(Application led Mar. 15, 1899.)

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ROBERT HENRY WEAVER, OF JERSEY CITY, NElV JERSEY.

AwNlNG-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,369, dated June 20, 1899.

Application filed March 15, 1899. Serial No. 709,219. (No model.)

To ttl-Z whom t may concern:

Beit known that LROBERT HENRY WEAVER, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Awning-Frame, of which the following is a full, clear, andA exact description.

This invention relates to an awning-frame in which the guide-rods usually attached perm anently to the window-Casin g are dispensed with, and by means of a certain peculiar construction the frame is attached directly to the window-casing, enabling` the awning to be distended or folded at will.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, While the claims de'- fine the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2is an'enlarged fragmentary View illustrating a portion of the frame in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section, of said portion of the frame. y

The bow 5 of the frame is of the usual U shape and has the awning-cloth 6 attached thereto by a casing formed in the cloth or vby any other means as desired. The awningcloth is provided with eyelets at its head to receive hooks 7, attached tothe window-casing at the top thereof.

The bow 5 is tubular at its ends and has a cap 8 screwed over each end, as shown with respect to one end in Figs. 2, 3, and 4-. These caps 8 eachhave an inwardly-extending finger 9, to which theawning-.cloth is secured, so that the cloth is held close in against the window-casing. Sliding through openings respectively in the caps 8 and telescopin g within the ends of the bow 5 are rods 10,l

which are two in number, one for each end of the bow. The rods 10 have their outer ends provided with heads ll, which limit the movement of the bow on the rods. The inner ends of the rods are bent laterally and outwardly and thence extended inward against the window-frame, where they are pivotally mounted on pins or screws 12, secured in the lugs 14 of a fixture 15, which is screwed to the window-casing.

position the lugs 17 will engage with the lugs 16 and the outward movement of the awningbow will be prevented. When the bow 5,with the rods l0, swings upward to a vertical position, the lugs 17 move out of engagement with the lugs 16 and the bow 5 is then free to slide on the ro'ds 10. By these means it will be seen that the awning-bow is mounted on the .window-casing, so that the awning may be conveniently and effectively secured without the necessity of the usual guide-rods which are fastened to the casing and extend longitudinally thereof. The awning may be raised andlowered by any'desired rigging-such, for example, as the lines 18, which are rove through pulleys 19 and attached to the outer portion of the bow 5, a cleat 2O being secured to the window-sill, to which cleat the lines 18 may be made fast. A storm-line 21 may also be provided for holding the awning down in the position shown in Eig. 1. To raise the awning, the lines 18 are hauled down, which causes the bow 5 to be first moved upward, swinging the rods 10 on the pins or screws 12,

`Then when the lugs 17 clear the lugs 16, the

how 5, with the awning-cloth, is drawn up to folded position and the rods 10 and bow 5 assume the vertical position. (Indicated in Fig. 2.) The awning may be detached. from the window by removing the fixtures l5 or by removing the pins or screws 12, thus premitting the xtures 15 to stand.

'Havin g thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In an awning-frame, the combination of a fixture, comprising two lugs, one of which is extended outwardly beyond the other and provided with a laterally-projected portion, a

4rodpivoted between the lugs and having a head at its outer end, a tubular bow in which the rod is slidable, and a cap secured to the inner end ofthe bow and having a lug adapted to engage with the said laterally-extended portion of the fixture when the bow is in horizontal position, thus preventing `the bow from sliding on the rod, when the bow is horizontal the bow being free to slide when raised above the horizontal.

2. In an awning-frame, the combination of a fixture having a horizontal lug with a laterally-extended portion, a rod mounted to swing on the fixture at a point inward from said laterally-extended portion, a tubular bow mounted to slide on the rod, and a member carried on the bow and adapted to engage with the laterally-extended portion of the lug of the fixture when the bow is in horizontal position.

3. In an awning-fixture, the combination of a fixture having a horizontal lug with a laterally-extended portion, a rod mounted to swing on the fixture inward from said. laterally-extended portion, a tubular bow sliding on the rod, and a cap carried by the bow, the Cap having a lug adapted to engage the laterally-extended portion of the lug of the fixture when the bow is in horizontal position, and the cap also having an inwardly-extended finger adapted to carry a portion of the awning fabric.

ROBERT HENRY WEAVER.

Vitnesses:

JAMES W. SIMPSON, JOHN F. MACKEY. 

